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Delhi Congress accuses BJP-ruled municipal corporations, AAP govt over 'du
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 14 (ANI): Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) on Saturday slammed the BJP-ruled municipal corporations and the AAP-led Delhi government for allegedly dumping the idols of Lord Ganesh in the Bhalswa landfill site like "trash collected from households" which has dee
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Pune: Devotees bid goodbye to Ganpati
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): The 10-day long celebrations reached their zenith on Thursday with thousands of devotees joining processions to immerse the idols of Lord Ganesha here.
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Hyderabad: People enthusiastically witness "visrajan" of Lord Ganesha
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): A lot of enthusiasm is seen among devotees as the immersion of the idols of the Lord Ganesha began here on Sunday.
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PM Modi initiates projects of Rs 20,000 crore in Mumbai
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday initiated projects of about Rs 20,000 crore for Mumbai and urged the people to avoid throwing plastic and other waste materials into the seawater while immersing the idols of Lord Ganesha.
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PM Modi urges people not to immerse plastic in sea during Ganpati immersio
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to avoid throwing plastic and other waste materials into the seawater while immersing the idols of the Lord Ganesha.
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PM Modi urges people not to immerse plastic in sea during Ganpati Visarjan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): On the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to avoid throwing plastic and other waste materials into the seawater while immersing the idols of the elephant-headed God.
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Riteish Deshmukh makes eco-friendly Ganesha idol at home
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sep 3 (ANI): Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations come with a number of environmental issues and risks as thousands of people immerse the idols made of Plaster of Paris and toxic paints that do not dissolve in water properly and end up polluting and choking the already dying w
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Hyderabad: Idol makers adopt eco-friendly alternative for making Lord Gane
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 27 (ANI): In a first of its kind method adopted by the idol makers here, Lord Ganesh idols will be made with an eco-friendly alternative by using cow dung, for the coming Vinayaka Chavithi. Idol makers say this alternative will help in protecting the envir
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Devotees throng Devarajaswami temple for 'once in four decades' festival
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 3 (ANI): Nearly one lakh devotees queued up at Sri Devarajaswamy temple in Kancheepuram on Wednesday to take a look at the idol of Athi Varadar.
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Karnataka: Priest, villagers held for parading man naked inside temple
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka) [India], June 12 (ANI): A man belonging to the Scheduled Caste was paraded naked at Shaneshwara Temple in Gundlupete by priest and villagers who alleged that he intended to destroy the idols.
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Tirupati: 3 crowns missing from Govindaraja Swamy temple, probe underway
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Feb 3 (ANI): Three crowns used to decorate the "utsava murtulu" (the idols used for temple procession) of Lord Malayappa, Goddesses Sridevi and Bhudevi here at Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple are missing since Saturday night.
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Bengalis bid adieu to this year's Durga Pooja with Sindoor Khela
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): The city of Kolkata on this day of Maha Dashami prepares to bid farewell to Goddess Durga for one long year as she leaves for Kailash - her husband's abode. The sentiment of sadness is evident from the calm prevailing within the city after Dash
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